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DOI	10.1007/s12517-020-05704-0
	The EPIK multi-attribute method for intrinsic vulnerability assessment of karstic aquifer under semi-arid climatic conditions, case of Cheria Plateau, NE Algeria
	Nekkoub, Abdelaziz; Baali, Fethi; Hadji, Riheb; Hamed, Younes
通讯作者	Hadji, R
来源期刊	ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
ISSN	1866-7511
EISSN	1866-7538
出版年	2020
卷号	13 期号:15
英文摘要	Karst aquifers supply an important freshwater resource for MENA (Middle East and North Africa) semi-arid regions. Their functioning conditions reveal often several contaminations. The Cheria carbonate aquifer (NE Algeria) has never had management tools to deal with the pollution of this resource. The outlining and protection of the vulnerable areas are essential to ensure the water purity and the consumer health. Based on the EPIK multicriteria analysis method, we aim in our study to assess the karstic aquifers intrinsic-vulnerability to contamination in the Cheria Plateau. This method has been already applied for contamination problems in Northeast Algeria. It uses a conceptual scheme that considers epikarst, protective cover, infiltration, and karst network as parameters. In addition, it also uses the interpolation of the geophysics data to define the conditioning attributes. The resulting vulnerability map categorizes all the basin vulnerable areas and the groundwater protection zones. Nearly 30% of the study area was judged as highly vulnerable to anthropogenic pollution, whereas around 10% is moderately vulnerable. These results confirm that the karst aquifer of the Cheria Plateau is severely polluted by chemical pesticides resulting from farming activity. In addition to the surrounding agricultural lands, the underground of Cheria city was found as extremely vulnerable to pollution (F < 19). Our study delimited boundaries for the karst aquifer protection zones and for an integrated resource management in this region. It recommends applying this method for comparable problems.
英文关键词	Drinking water resource Epikarst Protective cover Infiltration conditions Karst network
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000555467300002
WOS关键词	SUSCEPTIBILITY ASSESSMENT ; STABILITY ASSESSMENT ; GROUNDWATER ; REGION ; GIS ; BASIN ; NORTHEAST ; RISK ; AREA ; PROTECTION
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325380
作者单位	[Nekkoub, Abdelaziz; Baali, Fethi] Tebessa Univ, Dept Earth Sci, Water & Environm Lab, Tebessa, Algeria; [Nekkoub, Abdelaziz; Baali, Fethi; Hadji, Riheb] Setif 1 Univ, Inst Architecture & Earth Sci, Dept Earth Sci, Setif, Algeria; [Nekkoub, Abdelaziz; Baali, Fethi; Hadji, Riheb; Hamed, Younes] Gafsa Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Earth Sci, Gafsa, Tunisia; [Nekkoub, Abdelaziz; Baali, Fethi; Hadji, Riheb; Hamed, Younes] Int Assoc Water Resources Southern Mediterranean, Gafsa, Tunisia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nekkoub, Abdelaziz,Baali, Fethi,Hadji, Riheb,et al. The EPIK multi-attribute method for intrinsic vulnerability assessment of karstic aquifer under semi-arid climatic conditions, case of Cheria Plateau, NE Algeria[J],2020,13(15).
APA	Nekkoub, Abdelaziz,Baali, Fethi,Hadji, Riheb,&Hamed, Younes.(2020).The EPIK multi-attribute method for intrinsic vulnerability assessment of karstic aquifer under semi-arid climatic conditions, case of Cheria Plateau, NE Algeria.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,13(15).
MLA	Nekkoub, Abdelaziz,et al."The EPIK multi-attribute method for intrinsic vulnerability assessment of karstic aquifer under semi-arid climatic conditions, case of Cheria Plateau, NE Algeria".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 13.15(2020).